Understanding Pain Flashcards
(18 cards)
How many people live with chronic pain
18 million
What is chronic pain
Pain lasting longer than 3 months
Definition of pain
Unpleasant and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage..
Congenital analgesia
Genetic condition one feels no pain
Constructs of pain
Physiological - nocioception
Sensory - quality and intensity
Cognitive - expectations and model
Behavioural - responses, vocalising
Sttectiveness - intensity
Ways of assessing pain
Rating scales: pain thermometer/1-10 (now, at worst)
Visual analogue scales (horizontal) 0-100
McGill pain questionnaire- more complex, describing words etc… organised and global rating and body part affected
Faces scale! More paediatric assessment - no verbal labels
What is TENS?
stimulating nerve fibres peripherally to manage pain
Prevalence of pain
More in women 38%, 30% of men / more older people
Phantom Limb pain
